After airing early B-side ‘The Delaney’, Barat – who as the set began was wearing a red guards jacket – led the band into ‘Vertigo’, which saw him and Doherty share the same microphone for the first time.

Stage chat was minimal at the start of the set, with the first real acknowledgement coming from Doherty after the band finished ‘Death On The Stairs’. “Well we’re a band from England, we’re called The Libertines,” he told the audience. “We played up here years ago – I don’t think any of you were born to be honest.”

After playing ‘Campaign Of Hate’, Doherty threw his guitar to a roadie at the side of the stage, mimicking the same trick Joe Strummer often did at Clash gigs, before running off and returning a few seconds later.

Elsewhere in the set, yhey had to restart ‘Time For Heroes’ – which Doherty had dedicated to the Guildford Four’s Gerry Conlon, who died this week – after Powell missed the start of the track. “It’s not working, it’s not working. We fucked it up,” Doherty said to the audience, tongue-in-cheek. The second version of the song was finished without incident.

A more tense moment came when Doherty led the crowd into chanting the opening of ‘I Wish’ by his other band, Babyshambles. After considering whether to play that song, the four-piece instead went into the Libertines track ‘Radio America’.

However, the song was given an extended intro when Doherty spotted an iPhone which had been thrown onto the stage. After taking a selfie with Barat on the device, he tried to find the owner – but failed due to the loudness of the audiences screams.

After finishing the latter, all four members came together for the last time of the evening to salute the crowd, with Doherty taking the microphone and saying they’ll be back for their next gig at Barrowland tomorrow evening. “Same time tomorrow, yeah?” he said, adding: “And if you’ve got a Libertines tattoo you can watch the soundcheck for free.”